Watch the drama unfold in Asian massage parlors as out and proud gay Mayor David Cicilline of the City of Providence in Rhode Island pushes to close the prostitution “loophole”. Follow “Heather”, a Korean immigrant, over two years as she manages a massage parlor while trying to become an American citizen. Rhode Island.

What: 80-minute movie by documentaries Tara Hurley and Nick Marcoux who turned their cameras on the only state where indoor prostitution is legal for over 25 years since five prostitutes sued the state of Rhode Island for selective prosecution, and prostitution laws were removed. Panel discussion
to follow. http://www.happyendingsdoc.com/

Who: Hosted by Erotic Service Providers Union With Special Speaker Dr.
Jeff Klausner, STD Prevention and Control Section *

Why: To educate ourselves about the on going struggle massage parlor
workers face and how this oppression isn¹t unique to San Francisco; that unionization is the means to stop the systematic attack on informal workers rights.

Visuals: Poster in jpg format

*For identification purposes only, does not imply policy or endorsement of the San Francisco Department of Public Health.